Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike today, an effort by the Teamsters to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period, the Associated Press reports.
The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union set for contract negotiations. Amazon says it doesn’t expect an impact on its operations during what the union calls the largest strike against the company in U.S. history.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters say they represent nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, a small portion of the 1.5 million people Amazon employs in its warehouses and corporate offices.
Today’s strikes are taking place at one Amazon warehouse in San Francisco, California, and six other delivery stations nationwide, according to the union’s announcement. Amazon workers at the other facilities are “prepared to join,” the union said.
